Category: New Releases

Mass Effect 3 is on sale at Amazon for $39.99, matching yesterday’s Best Buy deal. This is the conclusion to the beloved Mass Effect series made by the also beloved Bioware. There has been some disappointment over the ending, but Bioware is releasing a patch that should make people happier. If you have been a fan of the series, or good games in general, there is no way you can miss this one.

Sumioni: Demon Arts is an action/platformer for the PS Vita that is inspired by classical Japanese “sumi-e” ink art, and boy does it look gorgeous. The game will rely heavily on the Vita’s front and rear touch screens to create ink strokes that the player can interact with or use to destroy their enemies. Check out the announcement trailer below to see the game in action.

On the off chance that you aren’t excited for next week’s launch of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, take a gander at this trailer, it should do the trick. After playing the demo, I would describe Reckoning as a cross between Fable and World of Warcraft, but with better combat.

This week your intrepid hosts try really hard to talk about some stuff, but the conversation just naturally devolves into a Skyrim lovefest. We do have brief discussions about Uncharted 3, Heroes of Might and Magic VI, Battlefield 3 and MGS HD Collection. But seriously, guys: Skyrim.

It might be less cool than 11/11/11 as a date, but it’s a Tuesday, and that is when games come out, so it is most likely easier to release a game on 11/1/11 than 11/11/11. What is my point you ask? Well I’m looking for some reasoning behind the fact that there are about a million games being released this week.

This week we have Forza Motorsport 4 releasing (better known as 4za). As well as a crap-ton of Kinect games. Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster, which is developed by Double Fine, seems like a winner, but the rest make me wonder how games get made. A Michael Phelps swimming game? It seems like they could have been a bit more timely with that one.

If you aren’t a car nut, then you may come away unscathed this week. Thank your lucky stars because starting next week there is at least one mega-super blockbuster each week until late November (Batman, Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim just to name a few).

If you are going to make a day one purchase, you need to know where to go to get the best deals and pre-order bonuses. Check out the list below to see the pre-order bonuses for this week.